In the spring webinars, we presented our plans to update the ENCS security requirements sets. The update has two goals.
- Make it easier to use them in tenders for multiple components. Some grid operators found it difficult to combine the requirements when doing a substation automation tender with gateways, IEDs, and an HMI, or a distribution automation tender with an RTU and a modem. By harmonizing the requirements and numbering between different sets, the combination will now be much easier.
- Allow the requirements to be used in the ICCS certification scheme developed under the European cybersecurity act. Using this certification will be encouraged under the network code and may become mandatory under the revised NIS directive.
A lot of work has been done during the summer on the requirements update, and we will present the progress.
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